Fabianism Quotes

#1. The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as that of hate.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. Suicide is a belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives.

H.L. Mencken

#3. I've spent more time in Las Vegas than any other city, almost including L.A. where I live.

Howie Mandel

#4. I think the canary left some feathers in there after you ate it.

Ally Carter

#5. Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk.

Michael Specter

#6. Of all the medicines
In the inner life,
A smile is by far
The best medecine.

Sri Chinmoy

#7. In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

Manuel Puig

#8. You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.

Terry Pratchett

#9. In the wind of the mind arises the turbulence called I.
It breaks; down shower the barren thoughts.
All life is choked.
This desert is the abyss wherein the Universe.
The Stars are but thistles in that waste.
Yet this desert is but one spot accursed in a world of bliss

Aleister Crowley

#10. Such terms as communism, socialism, Fabianism, the welfare state, Nazism, fascism, state interventionism, egalitarianism, the planned economy, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the New Frontier are simply different labels for much the same thing.

Leonard Read

#11. You truly do have the power to reach your goals.

Beverly K. Bachel

#12. Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.

Rick Moranis